Timothy Spall
1) Spencer
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A fictionalized account of Princess Diana's decision to end her marriage to Prince Charles, and separate from the royal family.
2) Mr. Turner
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Formats
Description
Explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1070
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
With a powerhouse ensemble cast, writer-director Mike Leigh's Palme d'Or winning film is a tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath the surface of everyday lives.
5) The party
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A woman politician gathers her friends to celebrate her promotion but the party progresses in an unexpected way.
Publisher
Cleopatra Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beloved British artist L.S. Lowry lived all his life with his overbearing mother Elizabeth. Bedridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, while never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.
7) Wake Wood
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Blood, violence including disturbing images and brief sexuality.
Still grieving the death of nine-year-old Alice, who was killed by a savage dog, Pat and Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree to the terms with the village's leader, a far bigger question looms: what will...
9) Appaloosa
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.
11) All or nothing
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a crowded South London apartment building, Penny, a working mom, struggles to keep her wayward daughter, her lazy son and her disillustioned partner on the right path.
12) Rock star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rags to riches story of a wannabe musician who gets his break and becomes a rock star overnight, only to discover that being a superstar isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Previously successful manager Brian Clough takes over England's top football club Leeds United. His abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing his usual right-hand man, Peter Taylor, who decided to loyally stay with Brighton & Hove Albion.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the eve of retirement, a judgmental middle-class snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
15) Enchanted
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished from the animated land of Andalasia by the evil queen. She finds herself in the gritty streets of the real, modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that does not operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle finds herself adrift in a chaotic world that is badly in need of enchantment. Giselle begins to fall in love with the cynical, no-nonsense divorce lawyer who has come to her aid....
16) Denial
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.
17) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This gripping tale of Charles Dickens' classic remains faithful to the spirit of the novel while delivering a modern, thrilling, tragic, and occasionally comic edge.
19) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Duc de Conde?'s employee, Franc?ois Vatel, is in charge of cooking, and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Conde?. If Vatel can impress the King, de Conde? will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A London mansion housing a huge library of rare old photos gets a new owner who is bent on chucking the pictures and remaking the house as a business college. The library's manager is determined to save the collection at all costs.